The Washington State 'House Republican Caucus' is at it again: needlessly frightening citizens and sabotaging Law Enforcement... Yes! Sabotaging Law Enforcement! In their effort to scare people into voting for their fanatical Right-wing extremist candidates, the Republican Speakers Roundtable thinks nothing of wasting vital law enforcement resources. While Sheriffs departments are tied up dealing with the hysteria created by the House Republican Caucus, how many criminals are free to roam our neighborhoods?
Phone messages add to tensions over sex offender
By Jerry Cornfield Herald Writer
Published: Thursday, March 16, 2006
OLYMPIA - Another community meeting on a convicted rapist living in Lake Stevens may be needed because fears are being stoked by a Republican group, Snohomish County Sheriff Rick Bart said Wednesday.
The group, the Olympia-based Speaker's Roundtable, phoned about 10,000 homes in the county on Monday with a taped recording that began with "A level 3 sex offender has been released into your community."
The message does not name the city or offender, but describes the crimes committed by Jeffrey Henderson, who moved to Lake Stevens after serving a 19-year prison sentence for convictions in 1984 and 1985.Phone calls went to that city, as well as to Bothell, Everett, Marysville, Mill Creek and Snohomish. Bart received one at his home.
By Wednesday morning, 40 residents from throughout the county had called the sheriff's department asking if the unnamed offender described on the phone had moved into their neighborhood. For most of them, the answer was no, Bart said.
"They're worried. I'm trying to allay their fears," he said. "This raises the hysteria. This raises it to the level that it will cause law enforcement a problem. ...(full article)
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